Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Murdough
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 1, 1999PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFried, J.
A judge of the District Court granted the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence that came into plain view when a police officer, believing that the defendant might, be under the influence of narcotics, ordered him to step out of his parked vehicle. The Appeals Court reversed, ruling that the police officer’s order was reasonable in the circumstances. Commonwealth v. Murdough, 44 Mass. App. Ct. 736, 740 (1998). *761We granted the defendant’s application for further appellate review and reverse the judgment of the District Court.
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The defendant was parked alone in a rest area of an interstate…
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